Many people have told me to write during my journey...but more importantly God has told me.  My first lesson is in transparency.  How do I go through finding cancer and facing fear head on while being real and transparent with my friends and family?  I had the option from the very beginning to hide some of the truth from everyone.  I had to make a concious choice to "tell all" and to share the tears and know that "in my weakness He will be strong."  So here I am with my own blog of my journey through the refiner's fire once again.  I hope to come out on the other side with the golden nuggets that are purified by fire.  I hope you share my journey with the joy and heartache that are part of it.   M.